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What would Jesus rent?

Cory Doctorow at 10:01 am Sat, Apr 27, 2002

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The Distributed Republic of Biblestan, all those fundie communities scattered around the US, have their own video-stores. The Cleanflicks Co-Op is a by-fundies/for-fundies video-rental chain that rents sanitized versions of Hollywood blockbusters -- think Beverley Hills Cop without any swearing.
The store defines itself as a co-op so that when customers sign up for memberships, they can be said to technically "own" the videos they rent from the store. The chain, which has yet to be challenged by Hollywood, now has stores in Colorado, Arizona, and Idaho, and aims to have a shop in every state by the end of 2002.
Call it the dark side of the Doctrine of First Sale. Link Discuss

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